Solar eclipse of May 9, 1929

Solar eclipse of May 9, 1929
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature	Total
Gamma	−0.2887
Magnitude	1.0562
Maximum eclipse
Duration	307 s (5 min 7 s)
Coordinates	1°36′N 92°42′E / 1.6°N 92.7°E / 1.6; 92.7
Max. width of band	193 km (120 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse	6:10:34
References
Saros	127 (53 of 82)
Catalog # (SE5000)	9349

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Thursday, May 9, 1929,^[1] with a magnitude of 1.0562. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 1.7 days before perigee (on May 10, 1929, at 21:00 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.^[2]

Totality was visible from Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia), Federated Malay States (now belonging to Malaysia), Siam (name changed to Thailand later), French Indochina (the part now belonging to Vietnam), Spratly Islands, Philippines, and South Seas Mandate in Japan (the part now belonging to FS Micronesia). A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Southeast Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Australia..